Go Mastery: The Definitive Golang Guide

Master Go Programming: Build Reliable, Efficient & Scalable Applications

What you'll learn

Go Programming Essentials : Master variables, types, functions, structs, methods, and modules to build clean, maintainable Go code.

Data Handling & File Operations : Work with arrays, slices, maps, and files to process logs, configs, and real-world data efficiently.

Interfaces, Pointers & Error Management : Implement interfaces, optimize memory with pointers, and handle errors with best practices.

Testing & Code Reliability : Write unit tests and table-driven tests to ensure robust, production-ready applications.

Concurrent Programming : Harness Goroutines, WaitGroups, and Channels to build fast and scalable applications.

Building Real-World Applications : Develop practical projects .

Requirements

Basic programming experience (with any language, doesn't matter) is strongly recommended

NO prior Go knowledge is assumed

Description

Are you ready to take your programming skills to the next level with one of the fastest-growing languages in the world ?Go Mastery: The Definitive Golang Guide is your complete, step-by-step journey into learning and mastering Go (Golang).Go is a modern, powerful, and efficient programming language created at Google and trusted by top companies like Uber, Dropbox, and many more. It is designed for building high-performance systems, cloud-native applications, and scalable microservices. If you’ve ever wanted to write code that is clean, fast, and reliable, Go is the perfect language to learn.In this course, you will start with the fundamentals of Go — from variables, constants, functions, and types — and progressively move toward more advanced concepts like structs, interfaces, pointers, and error handling. You’ll explore Go’s unique approach to concurrency using goroutines and channels, and you’ll learn how to apply these concepts in real-world scenarios such as HTTP requests, log parsing, and API clients.But this isn not just another theory-heavy programming course. You will gain hands-on experience by building projects, including a complete command-line application, so that by the end of the course, you’ll have both the confidence and the practical skills to use Go in professional environments.Whether you’re completely new to Go or an experienced developer looking to sharpen your skills, this course provides a comprehensive and practical path to becoming proficient in one of today’s most in-demand programming languages.

Overview

Section 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1 Environment Setup

Lecture 2 VSCode installation

Lecture 3 Writing a First Go Program

Section 2: Go Essentials

Lecture 4 Working with Variables

Lecture 5 Understanding Custom Types

Lecture 6 Understanding Functions

Lecture 7 Arrays, Slices and For Loops

Lecture 8 Introducing Maps

Lecture 9 Project Idea

Lecture 10 Define Movie and User Structs

Lecture 11 Implement createUser function

Lecture 12 Write Recommendation engine

Lecture 13 Add Error Handling

Lecture 14 Print User Details

Lecture 15 Introducing Pointers

Lecture 16 Interfaces in Practice

Lecture 17 Add Recommender Interface

Lecture 18 Save User Details to file

Lecture 19 Quick Recap

Section 3: Unit testing in Go

Lecture 20 Writing a Simple Unit Test

Lecture 21 Test Recommend function

Lecture 22 Testing No Matches movies

Section 4: Concurrency in Go : Deep Dive

Lecture 23 Basic Version with No Concurrency

Lecture 24 Introduce Goroutines

Lecture 25 Use WaitGroup to Wait for All Checks

Lecture 26 Add Channels for Communication

Lecture 27 Buffered Channels

Section 5: Building a command-line application

Lecture 28 Introduction to CLI Applications and Cobra

Lecture 29 Creating the Root Command

Lecture 30 Adding Filter Subcommand

Lecture 31 Reading and Processing Logs

Lecture 32 Filtering Logs

Lecture 33 Build the Binary

Beginner Go developers who want to learn the language in depth, from the basics to advanced concepts.,Experienced Go developers who need a refresher or want to strengthen their understanding of key Go features.,Developers with some Go experience who want to dive deeper into concurrency, testing, and real-world applications.